Veltpunch Explained

Veltpunch
Genre:	Alternative rock^[1]
Years Active:	–current
Label:	321 Records, ZK Records, Evol Records, Geneon, Sony Music Associated Records
Website:	http://www.veltpunch.net/
Current Members:	Hidenori Naganuma Aiko Nakajima Naoki Asama Shinichiro Arakawa
Past Members:	Soutarou Nagumo Matsuzaki Taisuke Endo Seiji Himeno

Veltpunch is a Japanese alternative rock band which formed in 1997.^[2] They played at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas, USA, in March 2000.^[3] Their first major^[2] single, "Crawl", reached number 36 on the Oricon single charts in 2008 and remained on the chart for seven weeks.^[4] Crawl was also featured as an opening theme for the anime Nabari no Ou.

Members

• (Vocals, guitar)
• (Bass, vocals)
• (Drums) [1997 – 2010]
• (Guitar) [1997 – 2012]
• (Drums) [2011–present]

Discography

Singles

• "Crawl" (May 21, 2008) Oricon Style Single ranking: No. 36^[4]

Albums

• Repeat 2000 Times (Mar 21, 2000)
• When We Drive (Mar 21, 2002)
• Question No. 13 (Dec 15, 2004)
• A Huge Mistake (Oct 5, 2005, 2nd Release Nov 3, 2006)
• White Album (Aug 1, 2007)
• Paint Your Life Grey (Mar 9, 2008)
• Black Album (Feb 17, 2010)
• His Strange Fighting Pose (Aug 3, 2011)
• THE NEWEST JOKE (Jul 20, 2016)
• SUICIDE KING (Aug 5, 2020)

Best albums

• Gold Album 1997–2012 (Aug 8, 2012)

Notes and References

1. http://music.yahoo.co.jp/artist/dtl/AAA152899/ Yahoo.co.jp
2. http://www.barks.jp/artist/?id=52000839 Barks.jp
3. http://sxsw-asia.com/history.html SXSW-asia.com
4. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/25553/ranking/cd_single/ Oricon.co.jp